dāo

  1. dāo noun knife; a blade
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Measure word: 把; for example, 菜刀 'kitchen knife' (Guoyu '刀' n 2; Unihan '刀')
  2. dāo noun Kangxi radical 18
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Knife (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
  3. dāo noun knife money
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An old form of coins; as in 刀币 (Guoyu '刀' n 3; Wikipedia '刀币'; Unihan '刀')
  4. dāo measure word blade
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: Used either for something that can be prepared with a knife of something in the shape of a knife (Guoyu '刀' n 4; Unihan '刀')
  5. dāo noun sword
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 军刀 'sabre' or 武士刀 'katana' (Guoyu '刀' n 1)
  6. dāo proper noun Dao
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '刀' n 5)
  7. dāo noun knife; sastra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śastra, or: asi, Tibetan: ston pa, Japanese: tō (BCSD '刀', p. 182; DJBT '刀', p. 434; Mahāvyutpatti 'śāstā')

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